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Gypsies, and other non-Aryans. In recognition of the atrocities committed by Nazi Germany, May 2nd <br />2008 is designated as Holocaust Remembrance Day. <br />Since the Armenian Genocide began the modern history of ethnic cleansing„ an alarming number of <br />genocides have taken place around the world. Below is a brief list: <br />- Stalin's Forced famine: 1932 -1933 - 7,000,000 Ukrainian deaths <br />- Rape of Nanking: 1937 -1938 - 300,000 Chinese deaths and more than 20,000 rapes <br />- Nazi Holocaust: 1938 - 1945- 6,000,000 Jewish deaths and 5.5 million other hate- <br />related deaths <br />- Pol Pot Cambodia: 1975-1979 - 1.7 million deaths <br />- Rwanda: 1994 - 800,000 Tutsis deaths <br />- Bosnia-Herzegovina: 1992-1995 - 200,000 Muslim deaths <br />- DarFur, Somalia: 2003-present - 200,000+ deaths <br />Iri recognition and remembrance of all people that have perished to further agendas of hate and <br />intolerance, The Office of Human Rights and Relations calls upon the Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners to pass a Resolution in support of Genocide Remembrance, and encourage Orange County <br />residents to reflect upon all acts of genocide and intolerance. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None <br />RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board adopt the proposed proclamation <br />and authorize the Chair to sign it. <br />